Wearables in the Workplace: Sensing Interactions at the Office
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Wearable computers, such as PDAs and cell phones, are proliferating in organizations. This paper introduces a methodology for leveraging this wearable infrastructure to provide insight to the underlying social dynamics of an organization. The work lays a foundation that will enable a variety of applications, from knowledge management to organizational simulation.
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تاریخ انتشار 2003